Founding member of the General Catalyst Institute’s Responsible Defense and Risk Committee, which will provide guidance and recommendations on responsible innovation and risk management in the defense & intelligence, and technology sectors more broadly.

Thayer Leadership starts building leaders with a simple premise: character is foundational to your ability to lead. Combine this with knowledge and action, and you unleash the “whole” leader every organization needs. This approach has been proven by over two hundred years of application in the United States Army – and the reason we make our home at The Historic Thayer Hotel on the grounds of West Point. At Thayer, like nowhere else, you’ll experience the legacy of military leadership learnings from those who have powered and led a nation. And today, empower organizations to adapt and thrive.

Premise Data is an app-based crowd-sourced data aggregation tool, available to the public by subscription, which provides local market research to subscribers (to include U.S. commercial companies and nonprofits).

General Counsel and Senior Advisor for Pallas Advisors, a strategic advisory firm specializing in navigating complex national and international security dynamics. Utilizing decades of experience at senior levels of the public and private sector, we provide insight into how governments think and operate – serving as a trusted counsel for companies looking to understand and thrive in a competitive environment.We work with our clients to identify and understand the issues that are important to them, provide tailored strategies and solutions, and implement a plan of action. We are dedicated to helping identify business challenges, assess and manage risk, implement solutions, and build brand awareness. The firm is named after Pallas Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom, inspiration, warfare, and courage. We chose to build a company culture around these attributes and strive to bring these qualities to all our work.

Janus Global Operations offers integrated stability operations support to the world’s largest government and commercial organizations. With more than 4,000 professionals worldwide, Janus serves clients in North America, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia with solutions for munitions response; humanitarian demining; environmental remediation; intelligence support; logistics; life support; risk management; communications; and other services in some of the world’s most challenging and hostile environments.

FH+H is a values-based law firm focused on middle market companies. We offer a full range of services in our five practice areas: Corporate + Business Transactions, Litigation + Investigations, International Trade + Transactions, Government Contracts, and Employment Law. Our deep understanding of international business, defense, and national security, as well as our dedication to ensuring positive client experiences, enables us to provide outstanding legal counsel and representation. Our lawyers have the drive, knowledge, and experience to successfully deliver the results you want. We are proud to be a veteran-owned company.

You, your ideas, and initiatives will not succeed in the age of information unless you have a clear message and a concise way to share it.The BRIEF Lab exists to help professionals, Fortune 500 companies and elite military units communicate clearly and concisely so their strategic initiatives get done.Here’s how we do it. The BRIEF Lab develops BRIEF messengers – individuals, teams and organizations – and BRIEF messages – clear, concise narratives that accelerate action. The promise of the information age is that we have instant access to all the essentials and then some. The problem is that poor communication is burying the best people and their ideas. In order to be heard, be productive and accelerate action – organizations must master concise communication.

Senior Mentor for the Department of State’s flagship interagency national security leadership course. The NSELS program creates a more collaborative and effective cadre of national security professionals. Each seminar consists of rising leaders at the FS-01/GS-15/O-6 level, half of whom are State Department employees with the other half being employees of other federal agencies involved in national security issues. The seminar meets 2 days per month.

Principal legal advisor to the Chairman, Vice Chairman, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Joint Staff.

Principal legal advisor to the 4-star commander of US Central Command.

Principal legal advisor 4-star commander of all U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan.

Principal legal advisor to 3-star commander.